Is this why Eto'o didn't come to City?

[twinkletoes]

The Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o is demanding around €3m (£2.7m) from his former club Barcelona as part of the deal under which he moved to Internazionale.

Eto'o swapped Camp Nou for the San Siro in July with Barça handing Inter €46m (£41.6m) plus Eto'o for the Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and the Catalan club valuing Eto'o at €20m. The 28-year-old has filed a claim against the European champions demanding payment of 15% of his transfer fee, Barcelona said.

Lawyers for both the club and player are to meet in the coming weeks to try to reach a settlement but club officials said today that an agreement was unlikely and the case is expected to go to court.

Barcelona argue that this transfer stipulation applies only to deals between Spanish clubs. In any case, the Catalans will argue, it would be the club buying the player who should make the payment. But reports in Spain pointed out that in the transfer of Albert Luque to Newcastle in 2008, a court ruled that his former Spanish club, Deportivo la Coruña, should pay the sum.

Eto'o scored 30 goals for Barcelona last season, including the opener in the Champions League final win over Manchester United.

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[Freestyler]

F*ck eto'o and his payments the greedy bastard!

We have adebayoooooooooooor :D

 

[SamTheGuru]

Yes this is why. I thought we already knew this.

 

[sam221985]

Who cares, Ade is better.

 

[bluebean]

i reckon it was a contributing factor! but also just his whole attitude id guess!


and yes! im very happy with ade thanks!!!


heard theres a great little game with ade in it somewhere, anyone seen it ;-)

 

[sniff wilson]

i think the main reason we didnt sign eto is that we already have:
Adebayor, Santa Cruz, Bellamy, Robinho, Tevez, with Bojinov and Jo out on loan....thats a pretty good bank of forwards!!

 

[eastlands oasis]

who is this Eto'o guy then? any good? quite frankly, as good as he is, we have found in Adebayor a player that hsn't needed time to settle, it the ground running and is desperate to prove his doubters wrong. Add to the fact he hasn't won anything of significance yet (compared to Eto'o who has won the lot) and we have a player with the burning desire to win, and to make City huge. Ultimately, the Eto'o saga ending as it did could just have been the making of our club!

 

[bluetonium]

heard theres a great little game with ade in it somewhere, anyone seen it ;-)

You mean this? <a class="postlink" href="http://www.mousebreaker.com/games/badadebayor/playgame" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.mousebreaker.com/games/badadebayor/playgame</a>

Not saying I would I'd be opposed to the idea of Eto'o joining us, but currently I'm very happy with our lot.

 

[Pam]

What a greedy pig, ffs.

 

[kinkladze96]

this is common practice now it seems.
if a player has two years left on a five year contract and the club want to sell him
he demands a loyalty bonus as he did not request the move,
the club have the problem of the term of contract and therefore the players value reducing,
so they want to sell at a reasonable profit.

i prefer pre bosman.
less comlicated, less agents.